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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Great read. Terrific characterisations threaded around 4 decades of life in Western Australia. good research of the issues and problems of the times. ( ) Weaves together the story of three Perth boys growing up in Nedlands and hanging out in Cottesloe and Scarborough - their adult years and search for success climaxing with the WA Inc. corruption decade of the 1980's. A bit of a slow plodding read at times but interesting because of the local context. no reviews | add a review
Four men. One unbreakable friendship. Forged in the mighty Iron Ore State. Floodtide is the story of Mike, Spud, Pembo and Murray, and the friendship that binds them over four memorable decades in Western Australia. The prosperous 1950s when childhood is idyllic in the small city of Perth... The turbulent 60s of free love and war ... The avaricious 70s when WA's mineral boom breeds a new kind of entrepreneur ... The corrupt 80s, when greedy politicians and powerful businessmen bring the state to its knees... Each of the four has a story to tell. An environmentalist fights to save the beautiful Pilbara coast from the mining conglomerates; a Vietnam veteran rises above crippling injuries to discover an extraordinary talent; and an ambitious geologist joins a hard-core businessman to lead the growth of Perth from a sleepy town to a glittering citadel of skyscrapers. But, as the 1990s ushers in a new age, all four are caught up in the irreversible tides of change - and actions must be answered for ... No library descriptions found. |
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